I am not sure if my school blocks blogs, but I am pretty sure they don't allow social networking sites. The social networking sites are not allowed, but I don't know if they are blocked. (I just got my job this summer and haven't even been into the school to get my books yet) I definitely would like to make a case for blogging. I could easily use blogging for either of the subjects I am going to be teaching.
For math, I think it would be a great way to stay connected on concerns the parents might have. Sometimes parents have questions about what the homework is or how to help their child to study for a test. If they can ask me through a blog, then all the other parents who have the same issue or question can see the answer, too. I read about creating a team blog and thought it'd be great to add parents for math so everyone can see what is being said back and forth.
For Literature, blogging would be a great way to get my students involved when they are all reading the same thing. They can ask each other quesitons and voice ideas about their books that we can then discuss in class after everyone has had time to think about each other's posts. Again, this would be very easy and safe for the students by creating a team blog so that only my students and other teachers could read it. Since you can control who reads and who posts comments I think that it would be not only safe, but useful in the classroom.
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